concentrate

concentrate at (some place)

1. To have people gather in a particular place or area. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "concentrate" and "at." Concentrate all the guests at the entrance to the venue for now—I don't want them to see the wedding party just yet.

2. To gather in a particular place or area in large numbers. Most of the guests are concentrated at the buffet right now.I had a hard time getting down the hallway because so many students were concentrated at the door to the gym.

concentrate on (someone or something)

To focus on a particular person or thing. I'm sorry, but I can't concentrate on what you're saying with that music blaring in the background.If you want to get into the college of your choice, you really need to concentrate on your schoolwork.

concentrate the mind

To cause someone to focus on something, usually what is important in a particular situation. I didn't think I was capable of diffusing a bomb, but nothing concentrates the mind more than the threat of danger!

concentrate at some place

concentrate someone or something at something

to cause people or things to gather at a place; to cause people or things to convene or converge at a place. You shouldn't concentrate all the guards at one entrance.The general concentrated all the big guns at the entrance to the valley.

concentrate (up)on someone or something

to focus one's thinking on someone or something; to think intensely about someone or something. (Upon is formal and less commonly used than on.)Please concentrate upon Jeff. He is the one we should discuss.Try to concentrate on your work more.

If retaining varietal characteristics is important--as in the specialty concentrates made by Golden Valley Grape Juice and Wine--processors can extract the varietal "essence" before the juice is evaporated, then blend it back into the concentrate.

Offers AccelMax endothermic chemical blowing agent concentrates including products for PE rotomold parts: BA-RM pellets can be mixed with PE powder to foam the core of a multilayer product, while BA-RMP powder can be mixed with powdered PE to foam monolayer walls.

That's the way Daystar International describes its "deionized white grape juice concentrate," which "has been stripped of most acids and minerals characteristic of grape juice, leaving a totally clear concentrate that is practically void of flavor and color.

It is well-established in the scientific literature that a concentrate of autologous adult stem cells from bone marrow is clinically effective in achieving tissue regeneration in cardiovascular and vascular diseases.

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